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    3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
    612-822-4611

Open Daily: 10am - 10pm | Alley-side Pickup: 10am - 7pm
3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
612-822-4611
Lost Inwood

Lost Inwood

Thompson, Cole
Rice, Don

Paperback

Series: Images of America

General ArchitectureGeneral PhotographyRegional: Middle Atlantic

Publisher Price: $24.99

ISBN10: 1467102784
ISBN13: 9781467102780
Publisher: Arcadia Pub (Sc)
Published: Feb 25 2019
Pages: 128
Weight: 0.80
Height: 0.50 Width: 6.00 Depth: 8.90
Language: English

Inwood, the northernmost neighborhood of Manhattan, has a rich yet little-known history.


For centuries, the region remained practically unchanged - a quaint, country village known to early Dutch settlers as Tubby Hook. The subway's arrival in the early 1900s transformed the area, once scorned as ten miles from a beefsteak, from farm to city virtually overnight. The same construction boom sparked an age of neighborhood self-discovery, when vestiges of the past - in the form of mastodon bones, arrowheads, colonial pottery, Revolutionary War cannonballs, and forgotten cemeteries - emerged from the earth. Waves of German, Irish, and Dominican immigrants subsequently produced a vibrant urban oasis with a big-city/small-town feel. Inwood has also been home to wealthy country estates, pre-integration sports arenas, and a lively waterfront culture. Famous residents have included NBA legend Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Basketball Diaries author Jim Carroll, and Hamilton creator/star Lin-Manuel Miranda.

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